The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-11

OOuSIeSS ldSG H0relDaOOVe SET 1OrLl
to- wit: March 8, A. D. 1887, went in
to force and took effect, the said de-
fendant corporation, by and through
certain trustees, held and owned three
| certain pieces, tracts or parcels oil
real estate, and no more; which said
three pieces, tracts or parcels of real
estate are described as follows, to-
wit:
All of Block eighty-seven $50, in Plat A,
Salt Lake City Survey, in Salt Lake County
Utah Territory
Commencing four a. rods north of the
southwest corner of Lot four a., Block
eighty eight (SS), Plat A, Salt Lake City Sur
vey; thence north twenty-sIx (26) rods
twenty two and one-half (221l) rods thence
west fourteen GA rods thence south three
and one half C51Eprods; thence west six (6)
rods, to the place of beginning, containing
! two and l57-160 acres.
| All of that part of Lot six (6), in Block
! seventy five (75), Plat A, Salt Lake City Sur
vey, bounded and described as follows
commencing at the northeast corner of sale
lot, thence south ten Q0) rods; thence wes
| seventeen % gods; thence north ten 40,
rods thence east seventeen I'D rods to the
place of beginning.
And defendant further AYERS that il
had acquired and owned and held two
of said above named tracts or parcels
of real estate prior to the passage anC
approval of said act of Congress ap-
| proved July 1, A. D. 1862, to-wit; the
two pieces of real estate described as
| follows, to-Wit:
All of Block eighty seven (sD, in Plat A
Salt Lake City Survey, in Salt Lake County
Utah Territory.
Commencing four (4 rods north of the
| southwest corner of Lot four a., Block
elthty eight 1881, Plat A, Salt Lake City Sur
vey; thence north tYenty-siX 1857 rods
thence east twenty COY rods; thence south
| twenty-five and one half (227z) rods thence
west fourteen (14) rods; thence south three
and one half go rods; thence west six (6)
| rods, to the place of beginning, containing
two and 157 100 acres.
That the piece of real estate first
above described, to wit: All of Block
Eighty seven $50 in Plat A, Salt Lake
City Survey, was on the 10Th day of
February, 1887, and ever since the
year 1850 has been and now is used
and occupied exclusively for purposes
of the worship of God.
Defendant further AYERS that the
only piece, tract or parcel of real es-
tate that it owned and held by and
through Trustee at the time the said
act of Congress of March 8, A. D.,
1887, took effect, which had been &C
quired by said defendant corporation
prevail of the said Act of Congress of
July 1, A. D., 1862, was and is the
tract or parcel of real estate described
as follows, to wit:
All of that part of Lot six (6) in Block
Seventy five (75) Plat A, Salt Lake City
Survey, bounded and described as fellows,
commencing at the north east corner of
said Lot thence south ten (10) rods thence
west seventeen QT rods; thence north ten
(1O) rods; thence east seventeen Q7) rods,
to the place of beginning.
Which said piece, tract or parcel of
real estate the said defendant ac-
CURED, held and possessed more than
five years, tO-Wit nine years prior to
the institution of this suit.
And defendant further AYERS that
the last above described tract of real
estate was at the time said act of Con-
greSs of March 8, A. D., 1887, took eff
ect, and always since it was acquired,
by said corporation has been, aud still
is, used and occupied only and solely
as parsonage property, and that the
same was and is necessary for the con-
venience and use of the congregation,
church or religious society using the
same as its parsonage.
Said defendant corporation further
AYERS that since the time of its Gre
alton as such corporation it has &C
quired, owned and held divers and
Sundry other tracts and parcels of real
estate but that long prior to the taking
effect of said act of Congress of March
Sd, A D., 1887, the said defendant cor
poratiou, as it lawfully might, had
sold, conveyed, transferred and dis
posed of all of it's said tracts and par
GELS of real estate by it at any time
held and owned, other than the three
pieces, tracts or parcels of real estate
hereinaboVe described.
Fourth. Said defendant corporation
further AYERS that after the passage
and. taking effect of the said act OF
Congress of March Sd, A. D., 1887, I'M
der, in pursuance of, and in obedience
to the requirements of the Goth section
of said act, through the proper authori-
ties of the Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day Saints, it did apply to the
proper court exercising probate powers
in the said Territory of Utah, tO-wIt:
the Probate Court in and for Salt Lake
County, in said Territory, for the ap-
pelntment of three Trustees to take
the title to, and have and hold, the
said three tracts or parcels of real eS-
tate hereinabOve described: That the
said court did, pursuant to said Goth
section of said act of Congress of
March Sd, A. D., 1887, on the 18th day
of May, 1887, appoint the following
named three Trustees, tO-wit: VIM.
B. Preston, Robert T. Burton and Jno.
r. Winder, to take title and to have
and hold the said three tracts or par
GELS of real estate hereinabove de-
scribed, and that afterw wards the said
three tracts or parcels of real estate
hereinabove described, with the ex-
ception of a part of Lot six (6) in
Block seventy-five (75), Plat A.
Salt Lake City Survey, bounded,
and described as follows: Com
mencing at point ten Q0) rods
west of the northeast corner of said
lot and running thence south ten Q0)
rods, thence west seven Cd rods;
thence north ten (10) rods; thence east
seven % rods, to the place of begin
ming, were duly and legally decided,
conveyed and transferred to said trus-
tees so appointed as aforesaid; copies
of which said deeds of conveyance are
hereby made part hereof and attached
hereto as Exhibits "E," "F," and
sc"
That the said tract last above de-
scribed being seven by ten rods is now
held by Theodore Mexican in trust for